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Precious Metals Finish Lower

Ivaylo
29 Jan, 2007
New York City

    Copper futures at the New York Mercantile Exchange ended lower on Friday, retreating from gains made from previous sessions due to profit taking. Copper also witnessed downside pressure after U.S. durable goods orders came in lower than expected. Gold and silver prices also closed lower, as the precious metals responded to pressure from a rising dollar. Crude oil futures jumped on Friday.

[R]5:00 AM Copper and precious metals slipped Friday on dollar strength.[/R]
The most active March copper ended down 1.75 cents at $2.637 per pound while February gold also dipped $3.40 to settle at $644.70 a troy ounce. March silver finished 11.5 cents lower to $13.375 an ounce. April platinum closed $6.50 lower at $1,181.50 an ounce while March palladium settled $4.50 lower at $350.95 an ounce.

The March crude oil contract surged to an intraday high of $55.50 a barrel before finishing up $1.19 at $55.42 a barrel. February heating oil closed up 4.23 cents as well, at $1.5914 a gallon. February gasoline ended 3.93 cents higher at $1.4834 a gallon and February natural gas ended up 27 cents at $7.175 per million British thermal units.

On the New York Board of Trade, March Arabica coffee futures finished up 0.30 cent at $1.1630 a pound, while futures on raw sugar in foreign ports for March finished up 0.03 cent at 10.72 cents a pound.

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